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Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by BinaryIdiot »

I also get this quite frequently. I setup a Facebook page for a side project of mine that I hope to turn into a sort of side business and I wanted to make sure the name didn't get taken. I get notifications almost EVERY SINGLE DAY that my page won't be visible unless I add more stuff to it. I literally got 3 emails a few days ago, in the same day, saying the same thing for my page.

I feel forced to use Facebook to keep up with friends and family but I absolutely hate using it the entire time and I try to avoid it where possible. It's just amazing how spammy it's gotten and how their popularity continues to just go up.

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by kotrunga »

bg4 wrote: post #60
taylodl wrote: post #2

The best thing I ever did was delete the Facebook app from my phone. I had already disabled all the notifications, but that didn't change things like deleting the app. Not being able to get to Facebook wherever you are. As silly as it sounds it was liberating. I still access Facebook from my laptop - but now that it's off of my phone, I'm accessing Facebook less and less frequently and I'm find I'm happier as a resul…

For me: The best thing I ever did was delete the Facebook.

Same. Full deletion, and it's been amazing.

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by briffle »

I think one of the more interesting things in this article is that I read this line, and it sounded 'normal'

   "I can appreciate the businesses paying for posts keeps the big blue ship afloat"
It seems so natural, until you think about who used to be called "Big Blue"..

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by kotrunga »

newman8r wrote: post #57
taylodl wrote: post #2

The best thing I ever did was delete the Facebook app from my phone. I had already disabled all the notifications, but that didn't change things like deleting the app. Not being able to get to Facebook wherever you are. As silly as it sounds it was liberating. I still access Facebook from my laptop - but now that it's off of my phone, I'm accessing Facebook less and less frequently and I'm find I'm happier as a resul…

I got rid of my phone ~2 years ago and I feel the same way about that decision

This caught my eye; you got rid of your phone? Genuinely curious, what was that like? Do you not have a phone now, at all?

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by otakucode »

Lots of things we see as innocuous online would seem really weird, clingy, abusive in other contexts. Imagine if every time you walked into a store before you even looked at anything someone steps up right into your face and says "Sign up for our newsletter!" Then you walk two steps and someone steps up to you with a phone in their hand "Hey, call your friends and tell them you love our store! We'll give you 5% off!" then a couple steps later a marketer comes up to you "Hey, our advertising department wants your phone number so they can call you up and just say something to you a few times a day!"

I just want to buy a damn pillow! (Don't forget to review it, your opinion is important to the world! And the manufacturer would like to know how useful it was to you but won't do anything if it wasn't!)

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by vira28 »

I started using Twitter 3 months back. From that day onwards, my time spent on Facebook started reducing dramatically. I just use FB to connect people and reach them, if i don't have any other medium to reach.

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by convery »

Ye, Facebook is Facebook, which is creepy.

Some friends asked me to sign up for it because they wanted to use the messenger service for a groupchat. When I registered it immediately propagated my profile with information about my highschool (10 years ago) and suggested a lot of people I knew from back then as well as some devs I've collaborated with on Github. All this from a new email.

So I went into the settings and changed all privacy settings I could find, and was suddenly banned for "suspicious activity". To unlock the account they demanded my phonenumber, surely only for 2FA. But because my friends kept nagging I gave them it so I could chat with them.

After about 10 minutes of chatting I got banned again for "suspicious activity". This time they demanded a recent photo of my face to confirm my identity. But also said that I shouldn't worry because only their servers will see it. So I just sent a photo of some random from a local magazine and they replied that it was not me in the image.

So although I've never posted any photos online, never used the email, never posted my phonenumber online. They know everything about me, including what I look like. Can't imagine what data Google has if Facebook has all that..

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by leepowers »

taylodl wrote: post #2

The best thing I ever did was delete the Facebook app from my phone. I had already disabled all the notifications, but that didn't change things like deleting the app. Not being able to get to Facebook wherever you are. As silly as it sounds it was liberating. I still access Facebook from my laptop - but now that it's off of my phone, I'm accessing Facebook less and less frequently and I'm find I'm happier as a resul…

Same here, no more phone app.

But I do have the basic mobile site bookmarked:

https://mbasic.facebook.com

Instead of getting notifications and getting pulled into the app I can visit the site when I have downtime, or have something I actually want to accomplish on FB.

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